Window-refrigerator



(No Mdel.)

E. H. BENOIST.

WINDOW RBPRIGERATOR. No. 275,799.- Patented Apr. 17,1883.

v maldini o :s 'K o l NITED STATES PATENT Geelen.

EUGENE H. BENOIST, OF ST. LGUIS, MISSOURI.

WINDOW-REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,799, dated April 17, 1883. Application filed December 19, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom tt may concern Be it known that I, EUGENE H. BENois'r, of St. Louis, Missouri, have made a new and useful Improvementin Window-Refrigerators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference heilig had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specilication, in which- Figure 1 is a view in perspective, showing theimprovementin position; and Fig. 2, a vertical transverse section.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

The present improvement is used in connection with the window of a building, the invention consisting in a receptacle for provisions or any articles that are ordinarily placed in a refrigerator, which is attached to a building on the outer side of the window, the windowsash forming the door to the refrigerator.

A, Figsl and 2, represents a desirable form of the refrigerator. The top a. is preferably curved, extending from the window-sash B outward and downward to the bottom c of the construction. The bottom a may rest upon the vwindow-sill C. The ends a2 a2 serve to complete the inclosure.

The refrigerator is held in place conveniently by fastening the ears a3 c3 to the sides D D of the window E; or it may be screwed tothe sides D D, as shown in Fig. 2.

The refrigerator should be so adapted to the window as not to interfere with the usual movements of the window-sash.

A flexible lip, c4,is preferably used at the top of the refrigerator to fit against the Windowsash for the purpose of forming a joint with the window-sash, and so that the sash can be freely moved upward and downward. The construction is perforated at various places, a5 a, to provide for the admission of the outer air. -The top a is preferably extended, as shown, to tit as accurately as is practicable to the window-frame. The extensions a7 of the top also serve to protect the apertures a6 from the weather.

As shown in the drawings, the refrigerator A is made in length equal to the full width of -the window. This is not in all cases essential. The` refrigerator may be made shorter than the width ot' the window; but in such case the refrigerator should be attached at one end to the window-frame D. The end az is made to lit as closely as is practicable to the window-sash, and substantially as shown in Fig. 2.

rI he interior of the refrigerator may be provided with shelves, or otherwise constructed suitably for the reception of the articles to be refrigerated. The interior-of the receptacle is reached by raising the window-sash.

l claiml. The receptacle A, perforated in the bot tom and in the ends, and having its top a extended over the ends, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the receptacle A, per forated at various points for the admission of the outer air, the lip a, the window E, and the sash B, substantially as described.

EUGENE H. BENOIST.

Witnesses:

G. D. MOODY, SAML. S. BOYD, 

